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Innocent poor farme1·s and labourers are being killed in Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Jharkhand. What arc their faults? That they refused to follow naxal ideology! What do you want? Those who are not with you must get eliminated! (George) Bushism in full display: Ifyou are not with us, then...) Is it a crime to help freshers to assist in the unimaginably cumbersome admi~~ion process? .

Our member Sumit was brutally attacked by ISA l~m en R~jan Pandey, manifesting their inherently criminal refuse... YFE congratulate the student community for their support, which has now resulted in the OUT OF BOUND order (19111 Oct. 2007) of the criminal. .. .

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Uphold The Spirit Of Democratic Unity In JNUSU.

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It is certainly welcome to see that those office bearers and councillors who arrogantly declared that.

they would run a parallel union and refused to allow me to sign JNUSU 's Women's Day leaflet., arc.

now singing a different tune. In yesterday's leafletthey have appealed to me to understand the value ofunity. May Iremind you that I have always been ready and cooperative for unity on all common issues?Whereas it was you who, on an issue as important and uncontroversial as Women's Day, refusedto allow me to sign the leaflet! Itis also good to see that 14 councillors have asked for a Council Meeting. The last Council Meeting.

could not be held because many ofthem chose to be absent; it seems that they have finally realised thevalue ofCouncil Meetings. However, when there is no difference ofopinion on the need to call aCouncil Meeting, why a requisition 'demanding' a Meeting is being handed out? Isn't it an.

attempt to create a false impression that I am opposing a Council Meeting? Further, it is even.

stranger why the requisition demand accusing me of~sectarianism' was pasted on the walls at 11 am,.

whereas the requisition was submitted to me at 2 pm!.

The only hurdle to our unity within the Union has been the inability of representatives from.

certain organisations to tolerate criticism or difference of opinion..

According to you, ifI differ from you on the issue ofWSF, and suggest instead that the JNUSU shouldequallyhail WSF, MRas well as other anti-imperialist gatherings held at Mumbai, it is a blow to 'unity'.Al)cording to you, ifI suggest that we mention the role ofthe entire JNUSU including the GeneralSecreta:ry in the AMU struggle, itis 'sectarianism' and 'publicity seeking'. Whereas ifyou choose todeliberately scrap a mutually agreed, signed leaflet on AMU, simply to erase the role ofthe General.

Secretary, it is not sectarianism nor partisan publicity seeking but 'unity'1.

If you use the JNUSU platform to whitewash and cover up the rash actions of a JNUSUrepresentative and leader from your organisation, it is 'unity'. Whereas if rchoose to distance.

myselffrom the cover up, you brand me as 'sectarian'!.

On 8 March, when I tried to persuade you that difference ofopinion cannot mean that unity on.

common issues is impossible, the JNUSU President declared -'we are not interested in anydebate'. Whereas in yourleaflet, and through the publicly pasted requisition, you are peddling the liethat L not you have been unwilling for unity. Let me make it clear -highhanded excommunicationcannot go hand in handwith claims ofwanting unity. It is the JNUSU President and the other officebearers and councillors from his organisation who must prove their commitment to the JNUSU'sspirit ofunited struggle. .

I appeal to you to understand the spirit of unity in any democracy, in which the right to differand dissent is upheld along with the duty ofmaintaining unity in struggles on common causes.The Charter ofDemands was submitted to the VC early this semester, but no response has been given.In order to chalk out a path ofstruggle to pursue these demands, and also to pursue the demand forjuStice against sexual harassers and signatories ofconununalleaflets threatening bloodshed, the JNUSUCouncil must meet. In response to these issues and also the requisition submitted by councillors,.

a Council Meeting is being called on Friday, 12 March, at 9.30 pm at the JNUSU Office. Allcouncillors and office bearers are requested to ensure its success by attending. .

Sd/-Mona Das, General Secretary, JNUSU .

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Assault on Democratic Space in Campuses:Lyngdoh in fostering privatisation and promoting Brahmanism .

Once these Bills become legislations, the aim ofthe Indian ruling classes to let the market have a &ee hand in the field ofeducation will be complete. However it is equally important for the state to ensure that any dissent .

and resistance to such aggressive privatisation and promotion ofcertain ideologies, is strictly monitored, .

controlled, and if required, punished. Lyngdoh ~ommittee Recommendations (LCR) as pru't of neoliberal policies .

o1 tl\e state has been imposed into campus spaces With the mandate ofweakening pro tests and aggressively pushing and stu?en~' ~ons have ~en sub~e~ to increasing onslaughts.h:tely. ~e. crushing of.

\n the mo through privatisation. Teachers' .

the two year standoffbetween the Delhi Uruvers1ty Tea~hers Assoaatlo?-(DU!A) and the administratlon 1s partiotlarly.

reso\ved .

instructive in this case. For two years DUTA fought ag:u.nst the forcefulunposltlon of 'semester system'. Teachers of.

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Delhi University pointed out how itwould inevitably lead to highly mechanized processes ofteaching and learning in a.

They we university as big as DU with steep teacher-students ratio. All through, the university authorities showed complete disdain.

uncomp towards the many representations ofthe teachers and imposed unilateral decisions through manipulative and coercive.

On the< means. The administration even curbed down on the teachers' right to strike and protest invoking legality, and in this way.

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established the anti-student 'semester system'..

welco!ll NSUI, I LCR whichJNU has been battling since 2008 is an instrument in the hands of the state to control and regulate other u dissent and protest among students. LCR comes with a mask ofensuring election as per certaio guidelines as is the faced, case with all anti-people policies and laws in this country--be it SEZs under the LPG paradigm or AFPSA for 'national (JSC) security'. Under the garb ofridding the student politics ofcriminal elements what it actually does is to draw the lines e\ectic beyond which students are not supposed to tread. The criterion ofnot having any 'criminal' record, 'charge-sheet' or .

progr; disciplinary action as requirements for contesting elections is a clause that can put any draconian law to shame. We all .

unde1 know in this coWltry not everybody who is charged or brought under the law is 'criminal'. Often the voices which dare to Lyn~ question exploitation endemic to this system and stand in solidarity with people demanding democratisation, inclusive agar policies and life ofdignity are the ones that are criminalised. In campuses like JNU, where historically students have been .

'criminal' in the eyes.

LCR upholding all such democratic demands and movements, it is anybody's guess as to who would be a .

ofthe state andJNU administration. Ofcourse for the state or any university authority right-wing goons intimidating or.

stud \ hE threatening against film screening for being 'anti-India' will never be considered 'criminal'. LCR gives these forces complete cushion through its observation that students must be 'nationalist' and 'integrationist'. However ifyou protest .

ex< against fee hike, non-implementation ofreservations, renting out PSR or dare to question what is unfolding in North-.

furt East, Kashmir, Gujarat or Khairlanji, you are boWld to be charged by the administration, and ifnecessary, with 'law'. .

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These are, as the principal ofSymbiosis put it, 'matters ofpassionate political opinions' having nothing to do with re education and the lives ofstudents. And for the students who refuse to comply, LCR gives all forms ofpunitive .

et measures in the hands of administrations. The most dangerous clause ofLCR-the Grievance Redressal Cell to be headed e' by the Dean has the power to cancel anyone's candidature for elections and even dissolve an elected students' union .

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\t LCR is not only here to push privatisation but also to safeguard hegemonisation of knowledge production by small minority ofexploiting castes-classes. For example, LCR declares that a student needs to have a certain percentage ofmarks and attendance or 'good conduct' report by his/her supervisor or a faculty member to contest in elec .10ns. Perfunctorily it seems there is nothing wrong with this clause as it only argues for students concentrating on theu academics along with contesting in elections. Tills has indeed also been the logic ofSupreme Court in recent .

hearings. But as ithas been seen time and again that students from socially and educationally deprived backgroWlds are willfully poorly graded. 1bis has also been amply reflected in the admission policy followed by the JNU administration where because ofthe high weightage given to the MPhil interview, students from SC/Sf or OBC categories, get di~1' roportionately lower marks in their interviews as compared to their written paper. In a system where caste.ist biases .

ar(' mpant, such clauses instead ofensuring academic standard precisely aims at restricting representation of students .

from marginalised groups in student bodies for voicing their grievances. By such silencing, LCR targets to arrest any form .

ofdemocratisation ofcampus spaces. By making marks and supervisor's good conduct recommendation a criteria, what Lioh is a setback for the student movement ofJNU. But the fight against Lyngdoh is anything but ove.r and the Struggle Committee against Lyngdoh, Privatisation and Brahmanism is committed·to carry on the ~ht. The Struggle Committee calls upon the students to interV-ene in all possible spaces and utilize all available means to res1st Lyngdoh and its larger agend~-privatization and brahmanism in education. .

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Q: Who should attend this workshop? .

A: Any photog~apher, who has thought the pictures they were getting didn't always .

communicate the emotion, clarity or vision that they hoped for. .

Q: What type of camera equipment will I need to bring to attend this workshop? .

A: The only requirement is that you bring a 35mm SLR (Single Lens Reflex) that .

allows you to change lenses and that has the capability to utilize an external flash. You .

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are however encouraged to bring any and all gear with which you would like to become proficient. You could also bring your automatic/manual camera (any make). People who do not have a camera but have interest in photography are also welcome. .

Q: What type of film should I be using? .

A: All students will be shooting 35mm slide film. RoHs of 36exp slide film will be given .

to four-five groups, (class will be divided into groups) who would then take snaps in .

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and around JNU within two and a half hours, submit it at the workshop venue before .

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17:00 hours on the f irst day. The photographs would then be developed by us and would be the subject o·f discussion the next day in the afternoon session. Ifyou wish to bring more films on your own we suggest ASA 100 and ASA 400. .

Q: Can I bring some of my personal photographs for discussion? .

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Q: I'd like to contact the organiser before I decide if this is for me. Is that possible? . I would be happy to answer.

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filled with knee-deep 'intellectual' muck with its "nauseating stink". The drama of .

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past many years, is again on. The Manuwadi Communist rowdies of JNU wich are so called 'relay/indefinite hunger strikes', what JNU has repeatedly witnessed in the .

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once again doing what their 'programmed DNA' repeatedly coerces them to do i.e. .

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rabble rousing and breast beating to draw attention & gain sympathy. This is the old .

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communist strategy of -first creating a crisis and then "crying wolf' from their roof .

tops to fool the people. They always need an enemy to create fears in their minds .

to suit their timely political needs. Their erstwhile 'imperialist enemy' America is .

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and then project themselves as their 'only saviour'. Also, the enemy keeps changing .

business partner. The "bloodsucking now· their "most adorable ally" and _.

capitalists" of yesteryears like TATAs, Birlas and Ambanis etc. are 'Corporate Comrades' for them now. .

i.e. "If you are not with us, you are against us and .

The Communashist accusation against the Bahujan Students' Front (BSF) is sort of, Commu-Bushism hence ............. you are with our enemies" (i.e. JNU Admn.). The most oft repeated accusation by the lef-shits against the Bahujan Students' Front has been that, .

their (hostel!) roof-tops that-'BSF is supporting the Communalists' (ABVP and whenever the BSF pamphlet has attacked and exposed them, they start crying from .

types!). But isn't it a well-known fact that the "Communist" and "Communalists" .

belong to the same breed i.e. Manuwad. (Communists-Communalists! Don't they .

sound & spell so similar, as if they are twins? Yes, they are born from ·the same .

·''womb"-called MANUWAD!).Yet, BSF chose to ignore their hollow and baseless .

accusation, for it is a well known fact as to what is the view of the BSF towards .

political groups like ABVP, YFE, NSUI etc. As to-why the BSF has mostly .

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targeted the Communaashists, is also well chronicled in scores of pamphlets (PTO).

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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' UNION .

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Uphold The Spirit Of Democratic Uriity In JNUSU .

It is certainly welcome to see that those office bearers and councillors who arrogantly declared that they would tun a parallel union and refused to allow me to sign JN USU 's Women's Day leafle~ are now singing adifferenttune. Inyesterday's leafletthey have appealed to me to understand the value of .

unity. MayIremind you that Ihave always been ready and cooperative for unity on all common issues? Whereas it was you who, on an issue as important and uncontroversial as Women's Day, refused to allow me to sign the leaflet! .

It is also good to see that 14 councillors have asked for a Council Meeting. The last Council Meeting could notbe held because many ofthem chose to be absent~ it seems that they have finally realised the value ofCouncil Meetings. However, when there is no difference ofopinion on the need to call a Council Meeting, why a requisition 'demanding' a Meeting is being handed out? Isn't it an attempt to create a false impression that I am opposing a Council Meeting? Further, it is even strangerwhy the requisition demand accusing me of ' sectarianism' was pasted on the walls at 11 am, .

whereas the requisition was subn1itted to me at 2 pm! .

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The only hurdle to our unity within the Union has.been the inability of representatives from certain organisations to tolerate criticism or difference of opinion. .

According to you, ifI differ from you on the issue ofWSF, and suggest instead that the JNUSU should equallyhail WSF, MR as well as other anti-imperialist gatherings held at Mumba~it is a blow to 'unity'. .

At;cording to you, ifI suggest that we mention the role ofthe entire JNUSU including the General Secretacy inthe AMU struggle, it is 'sectarianism' and 'publicity seeking'. Whereas ifyou choose to deliberately scrap a mutually agreed, signed leaflet on AMU, simply to erase the role ofthe General f Secretaty, it is not sectarianism nor partisan publicity seeking but 'unity'! .

... . . If you use the JNUSU platform to whitewash and cover up the rash· actions of a J NUSU .

be ._-,,~~ ·:-representative and leader from your organisation, it is 'unity'. Whereas ifI choose to distance.

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myselffrom the cover up, you brand me as 'sectarian'!.

o1 si On 8 March, when I tried to persuade you that difference ofopinion cannot mean that unity on ~mmon issues is impossible, the JNUSU President declared -'we·are not interested in any ··debate'. Whereas in yourleaflet, and through the publicly pasted requisition, you are peddling the lie ·· thatI, not you have been unwilling for unity. Let me make it clear -highhanded excommunication .

' cannot go hand in hand with claims of wanting unity. It is the JNUSU President and the other office bearers and councillors from his organisation who must prove their commitment to the JNUSU's spirit ofunited struggle. · .

I appeal to you to understand the spirit of unity in any democracy, in which the right to differ .

and dissent is upheld along with tl)e duty of maintaining unity in struggles on common causes. .

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juStice against se~a5sersand signatories ofcommunal leaflets threatening bloodshed, the JNUSU Council must meetlt(n response to these issues and also the requisition submitted by councillors, a Council ~eeting._is being called on Friday, 12 March, at 9.30 pm at the JNUSU Office. All councillors an8 oflle ~earers are requested to ensure its success by attending. .

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18/12/07 Depicting the ultra left sectarianism which it has been known for the AISA has once again leveled baseless allegations at the SFI in its last notice. Sticking to their earlier theory of "ifyou are not with us you are with the administration" they have said that SFI is trying to sabotage the movement for fellowships. The reason for this is even more interesting. Just because the SFI "dared" to ask the JNUSU representatives to clarify their position on the issue of stalling of fellowships because of contradictory positions of the JNUSU and university officials regarding the fellowships of those students whose office orders had already been issued. SFI had at no point of time disassociated itself from the demand of universal coverage for all students who were not getting other kind of scholarships or the demand of making the cut off dates from July 2005. While what was needed was a clear cur response from the JNUSU (which was never given), it is indeed surprising as to why has the AISA chosen to attack the SFI. The SFI would also like to put some questions to the AISA and their representatives in the JNUSU. Would they deny the fact that the resolution to organize a protest demonstration at the UGC was brought by SFI councilors? Why is it that the JNUSU leadership only came out with the resolutions of the JNUSU council meeting after 8 days? The SFI had expressed its dissent at this delay in bringing out the resolutions. Would the AISA deny the fact that it took 2 notices and one letter to the JNUSU President by the SFI to get the JNUSU leadership to make the resolutions public? The SFI had said earlier as well that the fact that 8 crucial days had been wasted in making the resolutions public would mean that end semester examinations and presentations would start for a lot of students and make it difficult for them to participate in the demonstration. Dropping to a new low in terms of personal attacks the AISA has accused the SFI councilors for not attending the JNUSU's protest demonstration. We would like to ask the AISA to explain to us as to how is one suppose to attend a demonstration at UGC if one has got exams and presentations at the same time in the campus? The SFI would like to advise the AISA to desist from such mud slinging and individual attacks against the SFI and its elected councilors. We would also request their JNUSU office bearers to ensure that the democratic functioning of the JNUSU is upheld and it does not take numerous reminders from other organizations to even make public the resolutions of a JNUSU council meeting. The SFI is committed to the cause of struggle for more scholarships and revising the cut off date for UGC scholarships to July 2005 as well as other demands in the JNUSU's charter of demands. But we firmly believe that there are better ways to mobilize students for these issues than hurling baseless and unprincipled allegations at one's political opponents. .

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PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: MAHEEP .

I have been in this campus for six years. The number ofyears I have stayed in this hostel is the same·. I .

have seen, first hand, the struggles, and been a part ofthem. The place is a second home for me now. I .

was among the first to call for an agitation regarding the water problem ofthis hostel. We blocked all the four gates and forced the VC to consider our plight. A new tank has been built for the hostel that'll.

~ be operational in a110ther three months time. I would not go into a detailed account ofhow attached I am to this hostel and its causes. The friends r~ have made over six years know it well. f know students, staff, and those in establishment at a very .

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personal basis, and this network will help us getting our work done easily. Following are the points that are ofutmost importance to us and I will address these issues as soon as I become the president, that is ifyou-my friends-have trust in me: .

J. As said already, water crisis is the prime issue facing the hostel. A new tank is in place that.

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necessity as soon as possible. .

We have one geyser on each floor. There should be one geyser for each bathroom. This will .

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2. be done within days as winter is already rearing its cold head..

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3. insects and diseases. 4. The mess bill has been unduly high, almost Rs 200 more than other hostels, and I will take .

( immediate steps to normalise it. A menu will be in place systematically, which will be prepared by consultation with all the .

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:>tudents ofthe hostel. There are so many varieties in vegetarian food but the speci~l dinners .

have paneer and nothing else. Do non-vegetarians abstain from· having fruits? The menu.

' needs a serious revamp and I look forward to everyone's participation in it. .

The sanitation ofthe entire hostel and the mess needs improvement. Stray animals roam .

6. around, turn over dustbins and spread waste all around. This needs to be taken care of. .

Gymnasium is a non-entity in the hostel. There are many people who are keen on body .

7. building and I will push the authorities for better equipment. .

8. The reading room needs more journals, newspapers and more reading hours. . .

The mess workers have been known to be not cordial and avoiding their responsibilities. This .

9. will be corrected. I0. For any grievance, we'll have a complain1Jsuggestion register at the gate. .

1I. I'll put a notice board in the mess that shall tell us about the vacancies, deadlines, employment .

and scholarship opportunities. .

12. Transparency is of utmost importance. There have been instances when a lot ofinadequacies .

have been founcl in the use of funds, including the mess. Regular GBMs will be held where ' ll have to explain what they have done. We .

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It's my humble request to all you friends to put faith in me and give me a chance by voting for me, to serve my hostel, which is also a home away from home for all of us. .

PS: The election timings are from 8.30 to I0 pm on Dec I,2006. Please bring your 1-cards and kindly .

participate in the voting. Thanks for taking time out to read this. .

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In the past few years, since the stay order had been put on JNUSU elections (24th October, 2008), the .

struggle against Lyngdoh Committee Recommendations (LCR) has been fought, surrendered and (almost) lost! The election process is rinally underway and the festive, carnivalesque environment is at its peak. The .

enormity of the situation can scarcely be overstated. Now that LCR have been put in place, it will be very hard to oppose them and the restoration of the former JNUSU constitution becomes all the more .

difficult. This calls for an intensification and renewal ofour struggle against LCR. The left parties seem to .

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have never denied.this fact at least on paper. It is only with the assurance of ((Waging our struggle against .

Lyngdoh, once the new JNUSU is elected", that all left parties are now making a desperate claim to power. Those who tack imagination cannot imagine what is lacking. .

On the face of it the LCR claims to cleanse the election process of criminalization, communalism and money power. But what is objectionable is the vision of campus politics and student (in)activism that the .

LCR envisages. The various provisions of LCR are designed to suffocate student activism ofall its progressive content. In the ..arne of curtailing criminalization the LCR seeks to dissociate student politics .

not only from parliamentary political parties (Clause 6.3) but also from issues plaguing society at large. What we can see here is in fact a surreptitious attempt to depoliticize student politics and delink it from .

larger socio-political con~erns. The former JNUSU has led historic struggles against the administration. Tnese have often been radical enough for the administration to consider the suspension of individuals and .

groups involved or the dissolution of the union itself. But because the former JNUSU had its own .

constitution and considerable autonomy it could not be dissolved. More often than not the former JNUSU .

took a positionwhich challenged not just the multifarious neo-liberal policies ofthe State, but at times the .

State itself (especially in cases of State repression-opposing fake encounters, AFSPA, Singur, Nandigram, .

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Godhra, Operation Green Hunt, etc). Henceforth, in such cases the code of conduct and other .

recommendations of the LC~ could be used against us. Moreover, the eligibility criteria prescribed by LCR .

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for candidates is designed to exclude a large section of students including those frorn marginalized .

backgrounds. Whereas the erstwhile JNUSU was a training ground for student leaders many of whom were elected more than once and whose memories are gloriously celebrated even today, by putting an arbitrary .

limitation on the number of times a student can contest elections (only once to the central panel and twice for councillor) the LCR attempts to check the growth of student and mass leaders. The LCR also involves .

formation ofthe Grievance Redressal Mechanism which paves the way for authoritarian administrative .

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intervention in student elections, which were managed entireiy by the student community under the former JNUSU constitution. In effect, the LCR are intended to strangulate and to stifle student politics of all its radicalism. The very possibility of doing radical politics, ofopposing repressive State measures, of leading social and student rHovements is called into question once we hold elections under the structure .

proposed by LCR. The University community is not unaware that similar criticisms against LCR have been made by the left organizationsin this campus, tediously repeated in their pamphlets and spelled out again and again, somewhat hollowly, in their GBM speeches. Of course it is only once the election procedure of the LCR-ified JNUSU is completed and the new JNr:JSU comes to power, that we can comment with certitude on the against Lyngdoh. Nevertheless ifyou talk to a common student on campus.

real intentions of these 'voices' .

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> JamiaStudentThrownOutForDemanding Students' .

Union Elections . . Onwards to .

> Virtual BanOn Any Poster, leaflet,Or Any A1nng Of March To MHRD on 4 October Thursday .

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> EveryStudentWhoSpeaksOutlnAnyFormlsTargeted Draconian Policies Of Fee Hikes, Crackdown On and Intimidation .

AndThreatenedWrthDireAdmlnistrativeAction Of Students and Refusal Of VC To Hold Elections. .

> Why NoStudents'Union Elections lnJamia? .

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Jamia Milia lslamia is a university that was set up during the anti-colonial freedom movement. It was set up NOT JUST with .

the idea to prepare students for a career, but also to equip them to think, to understand society, and to question the 'obvious'. It was supposed to open the doors ofeducation and a dignified life to thousands and thousands of students. But in the past few years, under the aegis of the present VC and his administration, what have we been seeing? Attempts are .

made to tum Jamia into a "shop" where education and degrees will be available only to those who can afford it and anybody who opposeswill be silenced with an iron-hand! This is the situation that prevails in Jamia today: .

MASSIVE fee Hikes introduced (fees nearly doubled in some courses) .

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> All democratic decision-making bodies sidelined and undermined .

? Students thrown out for demanding student union elections .

Virtual ban on any poster, leaflet, or any airing of opinion by students .

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TOTALABSENCE of elected student representation, and student union elections! .

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Can we, the students of JNU, remain silent in the face of such a ruthless situation prevailing in a neighbouring Central .

University? .

Jamia: Where One Cannot Raise One's Voice .

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In the last three years. the Jamia administration has made it impossible for students to organize academic and political programmeswithin the campus. Even seminars ormeetings by students on any issue are prohibited in Jamia. CCTVs .

have been installed throughout the campus and security guards are allowed to use all manner of intimidatory tactics. Time instance being the use of rigid 'attendance requirements' to put students' careers at stake and the implementation of a.

after time, the Jamia administration has pressurized, threatened and cracked down upon the student community, one .

fee-hike to close the doors of Jamia to students from socially economically deprived backgrounds. .

Admission ONLY ifyou have money! .

The reason given for designating Jamia as a minority institution was so that the university could focus on alleviating the .

socio..economic and educational backwardness of the Muslim community. But the actions of the Jamia VC indicate that .

he holds no such goal. In the last few years, the number of 'self-financing' courses in Jamia have increased, and this .

year, breaking all records, fees across courses have been hiked! The decision to hikefees was..taken by systematically .

sidelining the opinion ofstudents, teachers and all democratic fora ofthe university. The greatest effect ofthis fee hike is likely to befelt on students coming from deprived backgrounds. In a campuswhere more than 90% ofthestudents are deprived ofhostels and are forced to make ends meet ~ithout the help of any fellowship. such a fee-hike is likely to .

have a back-breaking effect. The attached table indicates the character of the hike: .

The Case of Hamidur Rahman: Speak Out and Stay Out .

The dictatorial attitudeofthe Jamia administration and the total absence of student representation rn any decision-making .

body in the university have only helped to strengthen the highly undemocratic and anti-student atmosphere currently prevailing inJamia. Each timethestudents rai,se theirvoice againstthe draconian tendencies ofthe administration, .

petition in the Delhi High Court seeking a directive asking the Jamia Administration to hold student union elections. Hethey are swiftly terrorized into silence. One such case is that of Hamidur Rahman, a B.A (Final) student who filed a .

asked a simple question: when the Jamia administration can collect lakhs and lakhs of rupees every year in the name of the 'stu.dent union', why can't the students of the university actually have an elected union?! And for askirig this l"!!la.,ili..e~il .

simple qyestion, for demanding what is a basic right, what did Hamidur get? .

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At present, Naxalism and Maoism are injecting poison in the heart and minds of under aged childrento kill their relatives and innocents. You say that you fight for poor then whv are you targeting the poorconstables? Is this revolution or terrorism? .

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Innocent farmers killed en-masse YFE activist Sumit brutally attacked .

Innocent poor farmers and labourers arc being killed in Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa,.

Jharkhand. What are their faults? That they refused to follow naxal ideology! What do you want? Thosewho are not with you must get eliminated! (George) Bushism in full display: Ifyou are not with us, then...).

Is it a crime to help freshers to assist in the unimaginabl cumbersome admission process?Our member Sumit was brutally attacked by ~inherently criminal refuse...YFE congratulate the student community fo r their support, which has now resulted in the.

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sexualhistory,evenincaseswhereburdenofproofisreversed,byrelyingontheMLCwhichrecordsthat.

two---fingersareinserted(andhence,thewomanishabituated)..

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allthedetailsoftherapewhilequestioningthesurvivor.Forexample,thefollowingisanexcerpt.

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ofatrialofa12yearwhowascross---examinedforthreehours,basedonanethnographyofrapetrialsinGujarat.

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out?(toN):Heisaskingthat.

youscreamedbeforeor.

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inserting?.

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helaymedownandwhenhehadinsertedhisplaceofurination(peeshabkijagah)intomy.

placeofurination,Iscreamedonly.

once.DL:Lookhereyouwerelyingdown,thenwhatdidhedo,howmuchdidhedo(penetrate)that.

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know.Howmuchdidheput.

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urinationhalf,full?.

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knowhowmuchmyfather.

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urinationintomyplaceof.

urination.But.

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cameoutbutIamsayingthatIcameto.

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placeofurinationwaspenetratedby.

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fathers(abbas).

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urination.DL:Howdoyouknowthathehadinserted?.

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laydownthendidyouscream.Youdonotunderstand?(Irritated).Iamexplainingfourfour.

times.Thefaster.

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True to their consistent disregard for serious scholarship and adhering toth ir pa.te~test communal, patriarchal and hate politics, the ABVPyesterda~·b¥ought out an obnoxious pamphlet that was entirely targetedto whip up passions and resort to the abuse of eminent historians andprogressive intellectuals. The language used in the pamphlet is alsoextremely derogatory and patriarchal. It is completely unacceptable byany stretch of political civility. We strongly condemn such derogatorypamphleteering of the ABVP, which is nothing more than a reflection ofthe politics ofhate and viol nee. .

The crux of their argument is that these scholars of international staturearc of elf-declared eminence. The pamphlet accuses them of being'partial' towards scientific analysis. These accusations are once againevid nces of the intolerance these forces nurture towards secular forcesnd cience. What they mean is very clear: ifyou don 't agree with theHindutva project, you don 't deserve to be a scholar. Let us retnind thesebigoted minds that no certificate from the Hindutva brigade is needed toprove the eminence of these scholars. However, this comes as nourpri e, for the ABVP within this campus as well as outside has always';Ought to malign progres ive thoughts and ideas. .

The use of condemnable language against these scholars is predictable inthe face of the Sangh's complete failure to disprove their consistentargument against the saffronisation drive, ba ed on the scientific' pproach to historical method and fact. These same scholars were at theforefront of the defense against the rightwing attack on the secular fabricof academia during the NDA regime. The actions of the ABVP and otherconstituents of the Sanghi Brigade can never be forgiven by history, andcannot be silenced by shameful attempts to malign the seculardemocratic academia in this country. .

We warn the ABVP to desist from such acts and not take the pati nee ofthe student community for granted. We also demand that the ABVPmust tender a Public Apology for such derogatory pamphleteering. .

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There is a "monsoon" of a different kind in the JNU Campus. The .

Dear Friends, Communaashists of JNU are shedding crocodile tears by gallons and the campus is .

filled with knee-deep 'intellectual' muck with its "nauseating stink". The drama of .

past many years, is again on. The Manuwadi Communist rowdies of JNU wich are .

so called 'relay/indefinite hunger strikes', what JNU has repeatedly witnessed in the .

once again doing whai their 'programmed DNA' repeatedly coerces them to do i.e. .

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rabble rousing and breast beating to draw attention & gain sympathy. This is the old .

communist strategy of -first creating a crisis and then "crying wolf' from their roof .

tops to fool the people. They always need an enemy to create fears in their minds .

to suit their timely political needs. Their erstwhile 'imperialist enemy' America is .

and business partner. The "bloodsuckingand then project themselves as their 'only saviour'. Also, the enemy keeps changing .

now their "most adorable ally" capitalists" of yesteryears like TATAs, Birlas and Ambanis etc. are 'Corporate .

Comrades' for them now. i.e. "If you are not with us, you are against us and The Communashist accusation against the Bahujan Students' Front (BSF) is .

sort of, Commu-Bushism .

accusation by the lef-shits against the Bahujan Students' Front has been that, .

hence ............. you are with our enemies" (i.e. JNU Admn.). The most oft repeated .

whenever the BSF pamphlet has attacked and exposed them, they start crying from .

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their (hostel!) roof-tops that-'BSF is supporting the Communalists' (ABVP and .

types!). But isn't it a well-known fact that the "Communist" and "Communalists" .

belong to the same breed i.e. Manuwad. (Communists-Communalists! Don't they .

sound & spell so similar, as if they are twins? Yes, they are born from lhe same .

·"womb"-called MANUWAD!).Yet, BSF chose to ignore their hollow and baseless .

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accusation, for it is a well known fact as to what is the view of the BSF towards .

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political groups like ABVP, YFE, NSUI etc. As to-why the BSF has mostly.

targeted the Communaashists, is also well chronicled in scores of pamphlets .

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brought out by it in the past few years. .

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WHY did its MPs vote to PASS the SEZ Act 2005 in Parliament? .

Does CPI(M) believe that it is necessary to create 'special' zones of 'FOREIGN.

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TERRITORY' en l11dian soil in order to promote 'industrialisation'? AH India~ - ...

Does SFI believe that industrialisatioa il NOT pet~sible witheut giviae cerporates a andStudents' 'special' licetase te Evade taxes and lawa, Evict peasaata aad graiJ laiMI, Exaleit laHar? .

Thus having PASSED the SEZ Act in Parliameat; CPI(M)-SFI, in the face ofmassive people's.

Assoclatio .

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protests, is now proposin8 some 'anteadlnants' thatare nothing but eyewash. rHe.

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Why are they NOT ready to demand SCRAPPING ofthe SEZAct, whydo they merely demand .

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--8Blendments? Ifyou don't demand scrapping ofSEZ Act, you are defending ii! thei-r .

this<mg .

SFI brought in the Nestle Outlet in JNU; and when students protested against it, SFI proposed to .

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allow Nestle to stay with some ·restricted" rules. But.JNU students refused to accept an MNC Outlet .

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that snatched away the livelihoo~_of those who run dhabas-and kicked Nestle's Outle~off the campus! .

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In the same way, CPI(M) MPs in Parliament quietly voted for the shameful SEZ Act. But when )/,.

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farmers' protests at Kakinada, Dadri, Navi Mumbai, Singur and Nandigram exposed SEZs as a" national .

Jt sham~. L?I(M) started demanding gmendments" to ·improve" SEZs on th~ lines of the ·~enga1 model". i .

SFI claims SEZs are a aecessary evil force4 apon s by the Coagress-BJP etc, aad aU we caa do is to .

'..e~~tl' the sliglldy. But ifthis is the case, how does SFI explain the fact tllat the CPI(M) Government's 'Doiag .

Buiaess ia 8e_,;al' brochure distribpted amongst industrialists pn,adty a4vertises tllat "West eecal is oae of .

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tile early States te implemeat the S~Z C81lcept..." and tkat West Beagal ltas passed its 8WII SEZ Act Ia 2003 .

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2115, aAd with the West Bengal SEZ Act 2003 and the WB Goverameat's "Doing Ruiaess" brochure. .

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Central SfZAct 2005 ·the promotion ofexports West Bengal SEZAct Also deemed to be 1oreign territory' .(Ml-IFI's Proposed "Amendments" : Nil Actual Implications.

CPifMl-SFI's Practicing Reality Declaring corporate enclaves to be 'foreign territory' WeSt Bengal SEZ Act's(2003) stated purpose: to accelerate amounts to an assault on India's sovereignty. and .

eOO."lOiriic reforms people's inafenable rights. This(andthefollowing two .

points which are linked to H) is the most dangerousActual Implications .

claims itsamendmentswiU putthe brakes on neo-liberal aspect of the SEZ Ad. which the CPI(M) does not .

reforms, but two years befote the Central Act. they AWN\ trytoan.and'. .

own SEZ Ad in Bengal with the self-proclaimed alec llerate reforms! Central SEZ Act 2006 : Section 49 empowers the .

Governmentto exemptanyoraR Sflstomtheopeaation of .

any central law through a notification. Further. Section 48 foreign Te11itory' on Indian soil .

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Tha Quest For A Socially-lnclusiv~ JNU Is Bound To March Onf!.

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Over the past two weeks, we have seen a determined struggle for a socially just campus, for democratisation of.

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education in JNU and for administrative neutrality. The rel~y hunger strike, that lasted 11 days and sawthe participationof more than 100 students, finally forced a reluctant administration to concede to many of JNUSU's key demands. Therewas however another striking feature ofthe agitation-SFI's token presence, which ofcourse the campus has got used toby now. SFI resorts to tokenism even when it supposedly leads an agitation, and this was of course, as th~y have freelyadmitted, a JNUSU-Ied agitation. Throughout the two-week long campaign, the SFI made no attempt to mobilise.

students-nomess campaigns, no room-to-room campaigns, no pamphlets, no posters. Theircouncillors in theUnion, as well as their leadership, could not even mobilise themselves to attend the two programmes thatJNUSU had during the hun~erstrike, forget about mobilising others. On one night, they did not even offer a singlerepresentative either from their organisation, or from JNUSU to participate in the hunger strike. All this amounts tonothing but a consciously calibrated tokenism to weaken the movement as much as possible..

SFI's excuse for their poor participation was "academic pressure". We would like to tell the SFI: Academic.

pressure is, unfortunately for you, not divided on party lines. Hundreds of students, in spite of their exams,.

though it importantto participate in an agitation ofsuch significance for the future ofJNU. It is unfortunate that.

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you did not. You are insulting your own slogan of "study and struggle" by giving such excuses!.

To hide their poor participation and token presence, the SFI has resorted to undermine the significance of the.

demands that the administration has conceded to. They have asked "some questions on the JNUSU-Ied agitation" which.

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they apparently did not ask at the many fora that the agitation provided -JNUSU council meetings, all-organisation.

meetings and protest demonstrations-for the sake of ''unity" ofthe movement. We would like to ask the SFI: wher~was.

your concern for unity when your leaders and your councillors in JNUSU used every available platform to actively stall.

JNUSU'.

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s plans to escalate the momentum ofthe agitation by going in for an indefinite hungerstrike? Why was it that you.

did not raise these concerns, ifyou indeed thought they were genuine, at the very first JNUSU council meeting (13th April).

when the agenda and perspective ofthe agitation was setout? Ifanything, SFI pretended to support the perspective of the.

mcvement in toto. It is another matter that SFI probably does not think democratic decision-making and seeking to.

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establish unity of opinion is important, if the way their coun~.;illors went about their "agitation" is anything to go by!.

Coming to the oquestions" that the SFI has raised: to begin with, the SFI has introduced a hierarchy in JNUSU's.

demands using words like "central and foremose, "relegated to the background" and the like. By using such phrases,the.

SFI has shown that it has completely failed to understand the thrust and spirit of the movement, which was.

articulated right from the beginning of the agitation. "Central and foremost" to the agitation was not one single.

demand, but a vision of a socially just and inclusive, gender sensitive, democratic, and secular campus, and.

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all the demands related to reservation, recognition of Madarsa certificates, UGC fellowships, the question of.

the biased Proctorial Board, rights and facilities for PH students, fee waivers for Third World students, or a.

better health centre, were means towards that common end. This agitation carried fonNard the legacy of the.

movement for deprivation points in JNU. .

Implementation of 27°/o OBC reservation: SFI has asked the JNUSU office bearers if OBC reservations would beimplemented in JNU because of the current agitation, given that the JNU administration has already agreed to implement .

OBC reservations at one go, and given a favourable Supreme Courtjudgement. SFJ would do well to understand that.

every progressive step towards a sociallyjustcampus, and towards a socially inclusive and secularadmission.

policy, needs mass mobilisation and a sustained student movement for its effective implementation, without.

orwithout favourable legislations. "Premier., institutions like IITs and ltMs will not be implementing 27°/o reservationswithout staggering this year, in spite of the Supreme Court verdict. On our own campus, casteist organisations like YFEare right now distributing black badges in protest and spreading misinformation regarding the Supreme Court verdict. All.

kinds of snags are possible: cut-off marks, pleas of lack of infrastructure, and many others. Given this openly casteist.

and hostile atmosphere, where right-wing forces will try their level best to stall implementation of reservations, it is incumbent upon us to continuously put pressure on an insensttive and reluctant administration to ensure than legisla-.

tions and promises on paper are translated on the ground. There can be no let-up in vigilance and mobilisation for.

ensuring implementation of progressive policies. The SFI should understand and internalise this, ifit is at all ..serious about ensuring reservations. .

However~ we know from past experience that SFI is least interested in ensuring reservations for OBCs. They have along and shameful track record of reneging on the issue. During the first phase of Mandai Commission in 1990, SFIabstained from voting on the JNUSU resolution floated by the then JNUSU President (not from SFI), whereby the pro-Mandai.

resolution was defeated in the UGBM.As a result the then JNUSU who supported the Mandai Commission in toto, had to.

resign. Again, just two years back, during Mandai II (2006), when YFE was running a maliciously casteist campaign on.

this campus, with hunger strikes and slanderous pamphlets, SFI was nowhere in the picture. It was AI SAthat fought the.

YFE tooth and nail, through posters and pamphlets and on the streets through a 34-day long hunger strike, confrontingYFE head-on every inch of the way. One can understand their problem: There are just 5°/o reservations forOBCs in.

CPM-ruled West Bengal, and the recent Supreme Court verdict is a serious headache for them, who are leastcommitted to reservations apart from lip service and shrill rhetoric. .

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This 5 point agenda is what NSUl considers to be the need of the hour and would pursue it for a conclusive achievement. Though it's not an easy task but if all students irrespective of .

party affiliations pursue unitedly then our efforts will bear result in a very short time. NSUI.

Sf appeals to the entire student community to cooperate and support the cause and participate in.

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the movement in large number. It is a clarion call for helping one another. It is matter of .

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and sh<Jme for us to welcome our freshers with such a helpless and pathetic situation. !;·'bber. It is important that every student of JNU gives his whole for this movement. It is not only a .

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nattcr of hostels, but the whole students' movement. It's time that we take the struggle to its .

~ttonq~~c. logical conclusion. It's time that JNU Students once again force the JNU Administration to .

accept their legitimate demand. We will start with the Guest House and then we will continue to occupy all the places where we the students can be accommodated. \Ve are also looking for suggestions from the students as to where the students can be accommodated. Ifyou have suggestions, you can post them here: tb.com/NSVlunitJNU Tf the Rdministration fails to provide a roof for the Students, we will use the grounds and .

8ceommodate the students. The struggle will go on until it reaches to its logical conclusion. .

for the students, and the ftght must have u strong stt..tdents Unity. So we invite.

lt is a str:.~ggle. .

not only JNU Student~ b·ut also all the politJcai. parties and social groups of Students to Join us. Vle will fight it together. .

To particip2.te in the struggle Contact: 9899487794, 9582748297, 9953997710, .

Come one and all and pat1icipate in this movement. .

It is-now or never. .

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f Braving Roadblocks, Defeating Cynicism, over the past two weeks, we have seen a determined struggle for a socially just campus, for democratisation of education in JNU and for administrative neutrality. The relay hunger strike, that lasted 11 daysand sawthe participationThe Quest For A Socially-Inclusive JNU Is Bound To March OnII .

ofmore than 100 students, finally forced a reluctant administration to concede to many ofJNUSU's key demands. There by now. SFI resorts to tokenism even when it supposedly leads an agitation, and this was ofcourse, as th~yhavefreely was however another striking feature ofthe agitation -SFI's token presence, which ofcourse the campus hasgotused to .

students-nomess campaigns, no room-to-room campaigns, no pamphlets, no posters. Theircouncllloralnthe .

admitted, a JNUSU-Ied agitation. Thrcughout the two-week long campaign, the SFI made noattemptto moblllee .

JNUSU had during the hunl:)erstrike, forget about mobilising others. On one night, they did noteven offer a single ).

Union, as well as their leadership, could not even mobilise themselves to attend the two programme& that .

nothing but a consciously calibrated tokenism to weaken the movement as much as possible. .

.aOtrepresentative either from their organisation, or from JNUSU to participate in the hunger strike. All this amounts to .n\ .

pressure is, unfortunately for you, not divided on party lines. Hundreds of students, in spite of their exama SFI's excuse for their poor participation was "academic pressure''. We would like to tell the SFI: Academic though it important to participate in an agitation ofsuch significance forthe future ofJNU. It is unfortunatethat IC8, .

you did not. You are insulting your own slogan of..study and struggle" by giving such excuses! .

they apparently did not ask at the many fora that the agitation provided ~ JNUSU council meetings, all-organisation .

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To hide their poor participation and token presence, the SFI has resorted to undermine the significance of the demands that the administration has conceded to. They have asked "some questions on the JNUSU-Ied agitation" which your concern for unity when your leaders and your councillors in JNUSU used every available platform to actively stall meetings and protest demonstrations-for the sake of''unity" ofthe movement. We would like to ask the SFI: whe~was .

JNUSU's plans to escalate the momentum of the agitation by going ln for an indefinite hunger strike? Why was itthat you did not raise these concerns, ifyou indeed thought they were genuine, at the very first JNUSU council meeting (13thApril) when the agenda and perspective ofthe agitation was setout? Ifanything, SFI pretended to support the perspective ofthe mcvement in toto. It is another matter that SFI probably does not think democratic decision-making and seeking to establish unity of opinion is important, if the way their coundllors went about their "agitation" is anything to go by! .

demands using words like "central and foremost", "relegated to the background" and the like. By using such phrases, the .

Coming to the "questions" that the SFI has raised: to begin with, the SFI has introduced a hierarchy in JNUSU's .

SFI has shown that ft has completely failed to understand the thrust and spirit of the movement, which was .

demand, but a vision of a socially just and inclusive, gender sensitive, democratic, and secular campus, and .

all the demands related to reservation, recognition of Madarsa certificates, UGC fellowships, the question of .

articulated right from the beginning of the agitation. "Central and foremost" to the agitation was not one single .

better health centre, were means towards that common end. This agitation carried forward the legacy of the .

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the biased Proctorial Board, rights and facilities for PH students, fee waivers for Third World students, or a .

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movement for deprivation points in JNU. .

every progressive step towards a socially justcampus, and towards a socially inclusive and secularadmission OBC reservations at one go, and g!ven a favourable Supreme Court judgement. SFI would dowell to understand that Implementation of27% OBC reservation: SFI has asked the JNUSU office bearers ifOBC reservations would be policy, needs mass mobilisation and a sustained student movement for its effective implementation, without orwithout favourable legislations. "Premier" institutions like tiTs and IIMs will not be implementing 27% reservations .

are right now distributing black badges in protest and spreading misinformation regarding the Supreme Court verdict.All .

and hostile atmosphere, where right-wing forces will try their level best to stall implementation of reservations, it is without staggering this year, in spite ofthe Supreme Court verdict. On our own campus, casteist organisations like YFE .

kinds of snags are possible: cut-off marks, pleas of lack of infrastructure, and many others. Given this openly casteist .

incumbent upon us to continuously put pressure on an insensitive and reluctant administration to ensure than legisla-.

tions and promises on paper are translated on the ground. There can be no let-up in vigilance and mobilisation for .

ensuring Implementation of progressive policies. The SFI should understand and internalise this, If it is at all .

serious about ensuring reservations. .

abstained from voting on the JNUSU resolution floated by the then JNUSU President (notfrom SFI), whereby the pro-Mandai However, we know from past experience that SFI is least interested in ensuring reservations for OBCs. They have a long and shameful track record of reneging on the issue. During the first phase of Mandai Commission in 1990, SFI resign. Again, just two years back, during Mandai II {2006), when YFE was running a maliciously casteist campaign on YFE tooth and nail, through posters ard pamphlets and on the streets through a 34-day long hunger strike, confrontingresolution was defeated in the UGBM.As a result the then JNUSU who supported the Mandai Commission in toto, had to .

YFE head-on every inch of the way. One can understand their problem: There arejust5% reservations for OBCs in .

this campus, with hunger strikes and slanderous pamphlets, SFI was nowhere in the picture. It was AISAthat fought the .

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CPM-ruled West Bengal, and the recent Supreme Court verdict Is a serious headache for them, who are least .

committed to reservations apart from lip service and shrill rhetoric. .

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absence of any declared objective criterion, how it has made its selection. Any arbitrariness or subjective discrimination in selection process is extremely unfortunate and goes against the very purpose for which it has been instituted. .

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Special (Law) EVASION: SEZs turn vast areas oflndian soil into 'foreign territory', where laws ofthe land will not apply; .

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Corporate LAND GRAB: SEZs enable corporates to grab fertile land from peasantry-at highly subsidised rates; .

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Special (Tax) EXEMPTION : SEZs give huge tax waivers to corporate houses, w11.ile farmers committing suicide get no debt waivers! .

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Special EXPLOITATION: SEZs (enterprises ofprivate profit) are declared 'public utilities', in order to ban workers' right to strike, and enable 'hire and fire'. In addition, the writ ofthe State Labour Commissioner will not run in SEZs. .

'Comrades' of SFI, If You Don't Demand SCRAPPING of SEZ Act 2005 in Toto, But Merely 'Amendments', You Are DEFENDING Itl .

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WHY did its MPs vote to PASS the SEZAct 2005 in Parliament? .

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Thus having PASSED the SEZAct in Parlian1ent; CPI(M)-SFI, in the face ofmassive people's protests, is now proposing some 'ru11endn1ents' that are nothing but eyewash. .

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Let us ask SFI: Why not SCRAP the SEZAct, why merely amend it? Is it because there is something good and necessary about the SEZAct? Ifso, tell us what are the 'good points' about SEZs, 'comrade'! Ifyou don't demand scrapping ofSEZAct, you are defending it! .

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Attemptt To Repeat Gujarat In Gorakhpur Will Not Be Allowed ! AISA condemns the communal voilence in Gorakhpur in which the BJP MP Yogi Adityanath has played a major role.Not only is Gorakpur but the communal voilence is spreading to the other Eastern UP time and again. At the beginning of this tension the BJP MP fanned the frenzy further. Following his arrest the goons of RSS-BJP's Hindu Yuvavahini have looted and burnt shops and vehicles and as usual minorities have been made the deliberate targets. They tried to burn a train also.Ciearly the effort is to repeat Gujarat in Gorakhpur. At the same time we condemn the UP government, which with ulterior motives of cashing in on communal polarization allowed the frenzy to spread unabated. BJP with its fascist communal agenda and UP government with its shamful record of criminal negligence of law and order in the state are responsible for this mounting violence. AISA appeals to the student community to protest against the communal flare-up and demands punishment for those perpetrating and abating communal violence in the state. .

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AISA expresses deep shock at and condemns in strongest terms the incident of rape of a 5 year old daughter of akarmachari by another karmachari in JNU.We demand immediate sacking ofthe culprit and stricktest punishment for this heinous act. The incident underlines the need for strengthening the struggle for sensitising every section ofJNU community on the issues ofgender violence and that the campus community should not wait for such horrific incidents to happen to shake us out ofour indifference and conduct our struggles. .

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and acknowledge that so far our Joint Struggle Committee has shown earth shaking patience and wisdom in dealing with theposer from Government of India through him. What Solicitor General for India has failed to achieve is to make JNU students perfect The current Solicitor General for India has given a puzzle to the JNU student community to solve. One must appreciate.

conformists. As JNU student community we are at times so self critical that we fail todiscern how we have put the legal acumen of .

the apex court and government ofIndia under rigorous scrutiny..

Be the witness of these historic moments but do not let impatience of any sort nullify our combined achievements. It is .

good to be argumentative but beware of the busy-body, the ungrateful, arrogant, deceitful, envious and the unsocial. Do recollect .

anything, those who have been most conspicuous by the greatest fame or misfortunes or enmities or fortunes of any kind: then what Marcus Aurelius (105 BC) says in Meditations, "Constantly bring to thy recollectionthose who have complained greatly about .

think where are they all now? Smokeand ash and a tale, or not even a tale.".

through a University General BodyMeeting on 25th October 2008. The Resolution of this UGBMreads: .

This UGBM expresses its distress at the Supreme Court order to stay the JNUSU election process for non-conformity to the .

We must take constant cognizance of the Joint Struggle Committee which has been constituted by the students of JNU.

Lvngdoh Committee recommendations. This UGBM resolves to defend tl1e JNUSU Constitution and our unique election process. .

To carrv forward this struggle in a united manner, t/1is UGBM convenes a joint struggle committee: The Committee should be .

convened by the existing JNUSU Council, and should comprise of the existing JNUSU Council, two representatives from each .

student organization and concerned individuals...All future decisions and endeavours to defend the JNUSU Constitution and our.

future course of struggle. .

should be shown at this juncture from any quarter. .. This UGBMempowers the Committee to decide on all appropriate actions in the unique election process, must be taken by this Committee. The decisions taken by this Committee will be :;nal. No unilateralism.

PRAYER.

The relevant prayers (ad verbatim) of the Joint Struggle Committee in the Supreme Court is as under:That in view of the above, this Hon'bleCourt may be pleased to :.

(i) Accept the submissions/suggestions of the Joint Struggle Committee of which JNUSU is a part and vacate the stay .

order passed on 24.10.2008. .

Hon'ble Court earlier.(ii)Accept the apologyfor not bringing the suggestions/views of JNUSU on the Lvnqdoh Committee for consideration of this.

consists of JNUSU and student organizations i.e. AIDSO, AISA, AISF, ABVP, DSU, PSU, NSUI and SFI. What merits attention is to .

What is missing from the debate is the audit of the work done by the Joint Struggle Committee of students of JNU whichextraordinary circumstances withwhich the JNU student community is faced with what today·s UGBM must do among other things .

ensure that no miscreant succeeds in diluting and undermining the mandate of the Joint Struggle Committee. Under the .

is to empower the Joint Struggle Committee so that its supremacy over JNUSU and other stGdent organisations remains intact. Do .

.l;ucus Aurelius. As a student community we are one and we are faced with the whims and fancies of the nation-states and non-Remember the arguments by which it has been proved that the world is a kind of political community, and be quiet at last, says .ttion states, we must use our intellectual capital and the social capital to safeguard JNU as a place to cherish for generations to .)me. In literature we note that in crisis a character evolves, in the current crisis too JNUstudent community would evolve to inject :otion in stagnant entities. We must salute the work done by the Joint Struggle Committee and tell them in the words of apoet , .

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JNU student community would have gained the trust (amidst the flood of ulterior motives of political outfits) in themselves .

Twisted by knaves to make a trap for foots....

the student community incompetent must be defeated under the leadership of the Joint Struggle Commit1ee, to solve the riddle and .

to take on the might of both the states and non-states and still remain resilient to beready for the next st1·uggle. Attempts to prove tobring back the normal democratic process that has thehistorical legacy of giving befitting reply to the lethal designs..

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for the pain & suffering of innocent.

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to the horrifying images ofdestruction & death.

and have not lost your sensitivityfor the fellow human beings,.

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from all JNUites (past & present including teachers & karmacharies);.

Selected poems will be printed in a booklet forrn and distributed..

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for larger audience. .

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Tipsfor visitors who want to buy something at the Panjiayuan Antique Market:

Although nearly 85 percent of the goods sold in the Panjiayuan antique market are counterfeits, don’t say it directly ifyou recognize it. Because of the particularity and specialtyof antique trade and antique appraisal, even experts may make a wrong authentication. So, if you directly say it, the sellers may think you want to ruin his business deliberately, which may cause some unnecessary troubles.

No matter what you want to buy, please be sure to have a certain understanding about the goods before bargaining. Don’t bargain casually so that the seller will know that you are layman and give you a whopping price than its real price.

It is necessary to be careful and cautious whileshopping or walking. Please pay attention to any fragile goods in case you break somethinginadvertently, because the compensation of many antiques can be very expensive.

If you really want to buy some treasures here, it is wise for you to shop here on the weekend, becausethere are more stalls and goods with the earlier opening time for you to choose on the weekends.